Record
SI-035
Date
Place
New Delhi, India, at a protest ahead of a visit to India by Chinese President Hu Jintao
Country
In exile · India
Age
27
Outcome
Died Died in hospital on 28 March 2012 (ICT).
Other spellings
Jampel Yeshi

What happened

According to ICT, Jampa Yeshe set fire to himself in New Delhi on 26 March 2012 among several hundred demonstrators gathered ahead of an international summit to be attended by Chinese President Hu Jintao. Fellow protesters put out the flames and he was taken to hospital. ICT reported that he came from Tawu (Ch: Daofu) County in Kardze, Kham, had fled Tibet for India in 2006, and left a handwritten testament, which the Central Tibetan Administration translated.

Aftermath

The Central Tibetan Administration reported that thousands attended his funeral in Dharamsala.

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